Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, left, arrives as President Donald Trump looks on during the National Prayer Service at Washington ...

In an emotional sermon delivered directly to Donald Trump, Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde called on the president to show compassion and mercy to vulnerable communities during the Service of ...

But by the next morning, when the National Cathedral held a “Service of Prayer for the Nation,” as it has every four years since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inauguration in 1933, Trump wasn’t ...

A day after Trump was forced to grimly endure the tough-talking service by Bishop Mariann Budde, the president derided the prelate as a “so-called bishop” and worse.

Jan. 22, 2025 Updated Wed., Jan. 22, 2025 at 6:19 p.m. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, left, arrives as President Donald Trump looks on during the National Prayer Service at Washington National ...